It's perhaps my lack of deeper knowledge of how the DNS, NAT or TCP works, but I have been thinking about the following scenario and can't figure out the following problem which arises in DNS-spoofing ...

I might use some inappropriate terminology because I am no expert, but please feel free to correct me where it is needed.
I believe that a process has modified some network file on my computer, like ...

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Is it possible to "redirect" linux-update-repos via DNS spoofing (e.g. DNS cache poisoning) to a malicious website, so that harmful software (updates) will be installed, when running the ...

In my security class with David Wagner, we talked about some of the reasons why DNSSEC is not widely adopted right now. One of the reasons was that for backward compatibility reasons, clients need to ...

In my opinion, it should be possible to forge DNS reply so it doesn't include DS/RRSIG/... parts for any request, thus bypassing DNSSEC validation of resolved domain.
Is DNSSEC system immune to this ...

Recently, I've been reading about DNSSEC and how it works. I found other questions and some very interesting answers on this and other websites related to this matter.
However, I have a question to ...

iOS version 5 and newer has a setting for VPNs to "Send All Traffic" over that VPN. I think that sending all data to a trusted VPN target would ensure privacy of all communication sent over that WiFi ...

I've been thinking recently if its possible to DNS spoof an external network. Let's say for example you are attacker.com and your victim is of course victim.com. Then I've thought of 2 scenarios:
1. ...

What is the difference between DNS Spoofing and DNS Cache Poisoning ???
It seems like there are little differences between two attacks, with an exception that DNS server is actually might cache the ...

The standard defense against the Kaminsky attack is to use source port randomization for all DNS requests.
Does NAT break the security benefits of source port randomization?
In more detail, consider ...

I need to prove to my boss that he has a vulnerability to a mitm vector on his network. To do so I have been trying to configure ettercap with dns_spoof as an example.
When I run the attack on myself ...

I recently started experimenting with ettercap, however, I quickly noticed that when I try and arp poison targets they can almost never communicate with each other.
Is this normal?
My computer is a ...

I am trying to exploit the Kaminsky bug for a school assignment. The specific version of the bug that I want to exploit is sending a forged packet with false information about www.domain.com so that ...

I guess this is not considered a true MITM attack since the attacker does not have to be between the server and client. My question is how it is possible to poison a DNS cache, and redirect traffic to ...

Based on information from this site, DNSSec is needed to protect us from a number of DNS and SSL / TLS hacks, including:
DNS spoofing, especially on wifi or shared medium
Registrars that abuse their ...

Providing all legal measures are taken care of, what are some of the ways someone can spoof an email "From" field address and actually get the email to the recipient without spam filters getting in ...